Benefits
Restore the environment and health of the Tukituki catchment and embedding the principles of Te Mana o te Wai across all activities.
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Increase minimal environmental flows in the rivers to improve river health during dry periods.
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Provide water security to fast-growing communities and urban townships.
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Provide more and reliable irrigation to the fertile plains of Central Hawke’s Bay to support improving productivity with the trend and opportunity for higher value and more environmentally sustainable land uses.
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Build regional environmental and economic resilience in the face of climate change, given that an increasing atmospheric dew point will increase storms and droughts.
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Secure the opportunity for higher-value food production and processing, creating jobs and exports that will improve prosperity for the wider Hawke’s Bay region.
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Operating the TWSP will Increase regional GDP. Three regional economic studies undertaken between 2012 and 2017 estimated an uplift in GDP of between $200M and $300M and 2,000 to 3,000 jobs.
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Construction of the TWSP will create significant economic activity in Hawke’s Bay, with hundreds of jobs and significant expenditure in the region.
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Confirming the views of numerous previous reports, in 2021, independent advisory firm Lewis Tucker & Co’s re-scoping report concluded that a dam for water storage at the Makaroro River site remains the best option and a viable proposition to address water security for the region.
Benefits at-a-glance
